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“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. Don’t pout; you’re about to see something impressive. And it won’t even give you nightmares.”
― Fablehaven
― Fablehaven
“She says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. It has only to do with what you think of, and what you do.”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess
“Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world," he said wisely one day, "but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. I am going to try and experiment.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
“Little did the children realize then that these walks - a time of freedom and play for them - were in reality precious lessons in science, history and biology.”
― Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
― Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
“When people are insulting you, there is nothing so good for them as not to say a word -- just to look at them and think. When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wished they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in -- that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.”
― A Little Princess
― A Little Princess
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